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In order to more effectively address the expansion of type 2 diabetes worldwide, this study investigated the role that stressors and the stress response play in the development of diabetes. This study analyzed clinical ...

This thesis examines the ways Christians might view and interact with daily bread differently than those operating under secular modern frameworks. In it, I examine certain Christian liturgical practices of fasting and ...

Stephen King is well known for popular horror fiction but has recently been addressed more thoroughly by literary critics. While most studies focus on horror themes and the relationships between various characters, this ...

Advancing medical technology in the twentieth century has blurred the line between certain death and potential life. Patients who would face imminent death without support may now be maintained for a period of time. Efforts ...

A close examination on what it means to die by looking at the different works of literature by Lucretius Carus, Theodore Roethke, and Walt Whitman. Each poet described differing perspectives on death that range from the ...

The concept of heroism is a pervasive idea in literature. Figures such as Odysseus, Oedipus and Hamlet have shaped our perception of what it means to be a hero in the midst of hardship and tragedy; namely, these characters ...

The epidermis and periderm are two components of the protective tissues that cover plant stems and roots. The epidermis is the first protective layer of the plant, and is later replaced by the periderm, which is typically ...

Metastasis is often the ultimate cause of death among cancer patients. An emerging target in the treatment of metastasis is cathepsin L which facilitates the degradation of the extracellular matrix thereby providing a ...

The term cancer is a widely universal label for a cluster of cells that can divide uncontrollably and invade the surrounding healthy tissue. Vascular targeting agents (VTAs) represent an important and emerging area of ...

A relatively recent addition to the arsenal of potential treatments for cancer involves the use of vascular disrupting agents (VDAs). Small-molecule VDAs target the blood supply of a tumor, starving it of nutrients and ...

Potential daily aerial rates of plankton production and respiration for twenty-seven shallow ponds within the Bullhide Creek watershed between January and March 2013 were determined. Photosynthetic parameters were estimated ...

Providing illegal immigrants with free resources using taxpayer funds is a highly controversial and hotly debated topic. While some argue that it rewards illegal immigrants at the expense of law-abiding residents, others ...

I discuss arachnoid cysts, or excess fluid build up in the brain and spinal cord, and the treatments that are used to control or eliminate them. First, I talk about the causes and origin of arachnoid cysts in the central ...

While most major powers had recognized the Soviet Union by the mid-1920s, the United States refused largely out of opposition to the revolutionary activities of the Third International. How did the U.S. finally reconcile ...

Large magnitude deceleration of the human body, such as that experienced in an
automobile accident, has the potential to cause whiplash in the neck. The ligaments in the occipital-cervical complex, or OCC, of the neck may ...

In April 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig set off a chain of
events that resulted in millions of gallons of crude oil gushing into the waters of the Gulf
of Mexico for nearly three months. This disaster ...

Although China is a one-party state, dissident thinkers have a long history in China and have even been encouraged by the Chinese Communist Party at specific times during the last century. In recent times, many of these ...

Fyodor Dostoevsky, one of Russia’s most renowned novelists, profoundly
affected the way that Russia would think of itself in the years following his death. One of
the most important issues for Dostoevsky and other ...